WEBVTT TRAFFICKERS, BUT AGENTS TELL METHERE IS STILL A LOT OF WORK TOBE DONE.FBI AGENTS STAGE UNDERCOVEROPERATIONS ALL OVER THE U.S. ANDIN SEVERAL COUNTRIES TO FIND ANDCATCH PREDATORS.>> THEY UNFORTUNATELY COME OUTOF THE WOODWORK EVERY TIME WE DOTHIS.MICHELLE: WORKING WITH AREAPOLICE, THE FBI TARGETS SEXTRAFFICKERS AT TRUCK STOPS,CASINOS, HOTELS, AND ONLINE.>> WE LOOK FOR THE WORST OF THEWORST PEOPLE CONDUCTING HUMANTRAFFICKING AND CHILD SEXSLAVERY.MICHELLE: IN JUST THREE DAYS,OPERATION CROSS COUNTRY NETTED120 ARRESTS OF SEX TRAFFICKERS,TWO LOCALLY.THEY ALSO BOOKED 15 PEOPLE FORPROSTITUTION AND THREE OTHERSFOR FELONY POSSESSION IN OMAHA.AGENTS SAVED 84 CHILDRENNATIONWIDE, THE YOUNGEST FOUNDIN DENVER, ONLY THREE MONTHSOLD.THE AVERAGE AGE OF THE VICTIMS,15.THEY RECOVERED TWO MINORS IN THEMETRO.>> THIS MONSTER WILL BRING ACHILD AND SELL THEM INTO THE SEXSLAVERY INDUSTRY.OUR WHOLE GOAL IS TO RECOVERTHAT CHILD AND PROVIDE THEM WITHTHE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONALRESOURCES WE CAN WITHIN THE FBI.MICHELLE THE FBI WORKS WITHCOMMUNITY ADVOCACY GROUPS TOFOLLOW PATTERNS AND TRENDS OFWHERE AND HOW THE SEXTRAFFICKERS WORK.MANY LEADS COME FROM THENATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING ANDEXPLOITED CHILDREN YEAR-ROUND.>> IF THEY HAVE A TIME SENSITIVETIP, THEY PUSH IT OUT TO OURANALYSTS IN THE COMMUNICATIONCENTER AND WE ACT ON IT.MICHELLE: THE FBI SAYS IF YOUSEE ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS TO CALLITS TIP LINE AT 800-225-5324.THE FBI ALSO URGES YOU TODOWNLOAD ITS CHILD I.D. APP.PARENTS CAN UPLOAD VITALINFORMATION AND A PICTURE ANDSEND IT RIGHT TO THE FBI.THAT WAY AGENTS HAVE IT IFSOMETHING UNFORTUNATELY HAPPENS.IT WAS ALSO AN EXTENSIVE LIST OFTIPS FOR PARENTS AND A DIRECT

Another nationwide operation to crackdown on underage sex traffickers rescued 84 minors and netted 120 arrests, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and National Center for Missing & Exploited Children announced Wednesday.

The 11th Operation Cross Country ran from last Thursday through Sunday in an wide-ranging effort that included 55 FBI field offices, 78 state and local task forces and hundreds of law enforcement partners from the U.S. and abroad.

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“We at the FBI have no greater mission than to protect our nation’s children from harm," FBI Director Christopher Wray said. "Unfortunately, the number of traffickers arrested—and the number of children recovered—reinforces why we need to continue to do this important work."

The average age of the victims recovered was 15, but the youngest was a 3-month-old girl. The FBI office in Denver recovered that child, along with a 5-month-old girl, when a friend of the children's family offered an undercover officer access to the children for $600.

See raw video from the FBI's operation HERE. Be aware some of the content may be disturbing to viewers.